Summary of Structural Alterations

The following table details previous structural alterations to Church View Cottage, both before and after being Listed grade II in 1985. Information has been derived from records held by the Thornhill Settlement Trust and the Stanton Estate. **Note:** further details are held in the PDNPA planning files.

| Date | Nature of Alteration | |-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1968 October (completed before March 1969) | Planning permission granted to provide a bathroom to be attached to the cottage and an inspection chamber on the foul drain installed at point of connection with existing foul drain.\
Contractor:\
Work carried out by Stanton Construction Co Ltd, plans drawn by Arnold Lowcock. Bricks and pipes from Thomas Smith & Sons, Tiles, plaster board, cement and bath from J.W. Swain, Plaster from Matlock building supplies, Timber and hardboard from JW & J Mettam Ltd, lights from James Fryer. | | 1975 January | A request for a qualification certificate from West Derbyshire District Council Environmental Health Officer resulted in inspection which noted:

- Areas of rising damp on walls of cupboards in living room, side wall of sitting room, alcove walls at side of kitchen sink and outer wall at bottom of staircase.
- Ill-fitting door to sitting room, sunken and uneven kitchen floor and badly cracked kitchen ceiling.
- The rear outside door was ill fitting and had defective woodwork.
- The floor of bedroom was 'out of level' and needed strengthening. The bedroom ceiling over kitchen was cracked.
- Replacement sash cords and fittings were needed to window in bedroom over kitchen. Casement windows in bedroom over sitting room needed replacement fastener and hinge.
- Loose floorboards at on top landing, front eave gutter and rain water pipe (metal) were recommended for replacement with plastic.
- It was noted that the external woodwork of kitchen window was decayed.\
  J. Hague, the environmental health officer, recommended all needed to be made good before a certificate could be issued. | | 1985 14th February | Building is listed (LB number 1109875). Notes 20th alterations.\
  Pair of houses. Late C18 with minor C20 alterations. Coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins. Stone slate roofs with stone gable end and central ridge stacks. Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers. Two storeys, two bays per cottage. Cottage to east has central flush quoin door case with keystone in lintel and C20 glazed door. To either side, 2-light flush mullion windows with C20 single pane casements. Above, two similar windows. Western cottage has similar elevation with central, quoined door case with plain lintel and panelled door. 2-light windows to sides and above have plain sashes or fixed lights. | | Date | Description | Contractor | |------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | 1994 March | Chimney Stack repaired, gable end painted, new chimney pot and bathroom roof repaired *(like for like repairs)* | J.B.H Goodman, Stanton in Peak | | 1995 July | Request from tenant to create new access from kitchen to garden. Sketch of proposed works prepared. Stanton Estate approved work and agreed to pay for solid wooden door with window, tenant to pay for labour and materials. New stone lintel installed. | Unknown | | 1996 October | Repairs undertaken included 2x new kitchen windows (22.5" x 41.5"), 1 top hung hopper light, 1 full light opening, side hung – to replace 1950s kitchen window\
  **NB:** Other issues notes during site visit to price for job were:
- rotten floorboards in bedroom,
- problem with inside top of stair window,
- faulty guttering,
- leaking ballcock leading to water ingress.
- 2ft² of internal re-plastering required after sorting out problems. | S.M. Oliver, joiner, Darley Dale | | 1998 March | Stanton Estate correspondence detail increase of rent by £400 per annum due to structural improvements to the cottage. This included:
- 2x kitchen windows,
- replacement of bedroom floor,
- new joists and skirtings,
- new kitchen ceiling,
- damp course to kitchen and new membrane below floor (concrete) laid,
- plastering of kitchen walls and ceiling
- full storage heating installed throughout.
- rewiring of the house (inc. 2x new light switches and new light to each of 3x bedrooms, Light and 2x switches to stairs, 5ft fluorescent light and 2x switches to kitchen, 30amp cooker circuit, earth bonding to water, 2x double sockets, bathroom and toilet supply enclosed fitting to existing, living room 1x light and 2x switches, front room 1x light and switch, outbuilding 1x light and switch, 2x PIR controlled light fittings outside. | Work carried out by H. Strange & Son, Electrical engineers and contractors, Tansley, Matlock. | | 1999 May | Loft Insulation fitted | Unknown | | Date | Description | Contractor | |--------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | 1999 December| Following an assessment of the ill health of the tenant Mrs I. Gilbert (89 years) by North Derbyshire Community Health Care Service, the original coal fires were removed and a gas supply installed.\
  *Contractor:* TRANSCO | | | 2000 December| Following a request from the sister of Mrs Gilbert to replace the front window and door, Catherine Mate at the PDNPA (Conservation Officer) approves that a timber double glazed window of same design as existing window and door replaced like for like would be acceptable.\
  *Contractor:* Unknown | | | 2007 April | Exterior repairs undertaken including the taking down of a section of stonework (possibly on the side elevation adjacent to the fireplace) and rebuilding tying into existing wall jambs. Heads and sills to be replaced where necessary. All work undertaken to be replaced like for like.\
  *Contractor:* Stuart Redfern. Building contractor | | | 2009 June | Roof repairs undertaken (like for like) including the front stone slate and tiled slopes of to the rear of the property (3x in number). Roof timbers were replaced where required and pinions to both sides of one gable removed. One stone split sideways was replaced.\
  The roof felted with Klober Forte breathable membrane (or similar) and eaves carriers supplied and fixed to each elevation. Front slope re-slated with stone slate (2.5 tons).\
  Lead replaced in valleys with code 6 lead. Lead applied to chimney (soakers code 4), aprons and flashings code 5. Lead gables with pinions (soakers code 4).\
  The bed ridges were bedded and verges pointed. Gutters and downpipes cleaned.\
  *Contractor:* H&W Sellars Ltd, Bakewell | | | 2018 November to February 2019 | Internal soft strip removing many of the internal structural alterations undertaken between 1995-1999. Scope of works included:
- Removal of wall plaster on ground and first floor rooms,
- Removal of ceilings on ground and first floor,
- Removal of all internal joinery, apart from first floor doors and ground floor window shutters (removed material kept in secure storage),
- Removal of all electrical wiring and appliances,
- Removal of sanitary ware and kitchen fittings,
- Removal of ground floor finishes and ground reduction to c.20cm,
- Removal of hearths and boxing in concealing ground floor fireplaces.\
  *Contractor:* Stanton Estate | |